Gabriella Giorgelli
| Gabriella Giorgelli | |
|---|---|
 Gabriella Giorgelli, 1973 | |
| Born |
29 July 1941 Carrara, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1960-1999 |
Gabriella Giorgelli (born 29 July 1941) is an Italian film and television actress. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1960 and 1998.
Biography
Early life
Born in Fossola, a frazione of Carrara, Giorgelli was the daughter of a businessman in the marble industry and a housewife.[1] As a child her parents split and she moved to Castelpoggio, another Carrara's frazione and her mother's birthplace.[1] Because of her mother's economic difficulties, at ten years old Giorgelli was entrusted to the college of the Sisters of Capulet, in Carrara.[1] At fifteen years old she started to work, including as a pizza chef and a bartender.[1]
Career
Giorgelli made her film debut in 1960, in a very minor role in Luigi Comencini's Everybody Go Home.[2]
After winning several local and regional beauty contests,[1] in 1961 she was among the finalists of Miss Italia, and thanks to her participation to the popular beauty pageant she started to attract a significant media attention, that allowed her to get more weighty film roles.[1][2]
After appearing in several art films, in the late 1960s Giorgelli landed some leading roles in B-movies, mainly consisting of Spaghetti Westerns and Commedia sexy all'italiana films spoofing Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Decameron, that she alternated with supporting roles in more prestigious and high-profile productions.[1][2] She was also active in a number of series and TV-movies.[2]
Giorgelli also appeared in many photo comics including Sadistik and is interviewed in the documentary film The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal.
Selected filmography
- Arturo's Island (1962)
- La commare secca (1962)
- The Organizer (1963)
- Shivers in Summer (1963)
- Outlaws of Love (1963)
- Bebo's Girl (1963)
- La ragazzola (1965)
- Stranger in Sacramento (1965)
- The Dirty Game (1965)
- El Greco (1966)
- Long Days of Vengeance (1967)
- On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... (1967)
- I 2 deputati (1968)
- Brutti di notte (1968)
- Emma Hamilton (1968)
- In Search of Gregory (1969)
- Shango (1970)
- Rough Justice (1970)
- Il clan dei due Borsalini (1971)
- Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
- Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? (1972)
- Ubalda, All Naked and Warm (1972)
- Io e lui (1973)
- The Police Serve the Citizens? (1973)
- Those Dirty Dogs (1973)
- Il lumacone (1974)
- The Beast (1974)
- La moglie vergine (1975)
- Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife (1976)
- And Agnes Chose to Die (1976)
- The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (1977)
- Three Tigers Against Three Tigers (1977)
- Target (1979)
- City of Women (1980)
- Delitto sull'autostrada (1982)
- Hercules (1983)
- A Tale of Love (1986)
- Moving Target (1988)
- The Wax Mask (1997)